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Since the impact altitude exceeded 800 km (500 miles), many of the resulting scraps stayed in orbit. (Representational Photo: AP)

US sees India space debris from weapons test eventually burning up

The comments came a day after India said it used an indigenously developed ballistic missile interceptor to destroy its...

29 March 2019 11:11 AM IST

Few satellites operate at the altitude of 300 km, from which experts say the collision debris will fall back to earth, burning up in the atmosphere in a matter of weeks, instead of posing a threat to other satellites. (Representational Photo: AP)

India says space debris from anti-satellite test to -"vanish-" in 45...

Critics say such technology raises the prospect of an arms race in outer space.

29 March 2019 10:31 AM IST

Indias foreign ministry played down any risk of debris, noting the test was in low-earth orbit, and said the remnants would decay and fall back on to the earth within weeks. (Photo: @PIB_India)

Anti-satellite weapons: rare, high-tech, and risky to test

The United States performed the first anti-satellite tests in 1959, when satellites themselves were rare and new.

28 March 2019 9:54 AM IST

The missile system was guided to high-altitude to simulate aircraft release conditions and subsequently nozzle-less-booster was ignited. (Photo:Twitter)

Pakistan urges no militarization of space after India downs satellite

Pakistan issued a call against military threats in outer space.

28 March 2019 9:53 AM IST

This artists illustration obtained from NASA on December 21, 2018 shows the New Horizons spacecraft encountering 2014 MU69 nicknamed Ultima Thule a Kuiper Belt object that orbits one billion miles beyond Pluto. (Photo: AFP)

US studying India anti-satellite weapons test, warns of space debris

India's foreign ministry played down any risk of debris from its missile test.

28 March 2019 9:51 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the success of Mission Shakti on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Modi hails India as military space power after anti-satellite missile...

India would be the fourth country to have used such an anti-satellite weapon after the US, China and Russia.

28 March 2019 9:49 AM IST

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today launched Indias best-ever high-resolution earth imaging satellite, HysIS. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Chinese rocket startup fails to put satellite into orbit

OneSpace's rocket was carrying the Lingque-1B earth-observing satellite developed by Beijing-based ZeroG Lab.

28 March 2019 9:48 AM IST

Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence that Trump or his campaign conspired with a Russian effort to influence the election. (Photo:AP)

Key US lawmaker objects to Trump 'Space Force' plan

Trump signed a directive in February to start the process of creating a new branch of the military dedicated to handling...

27 March 2019 1:53 PM IST

For too long Pakistan has provided safe haven to the Taliban and many terrorist organisations, but those days are over, Mike Pence told American troops at the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)

Trump administration calls for putting Americans back on moon by 2024

The drive to reach the moon reflects President Donald Trump's desire to champion a bold new national objective.

27 March 2019 1:48 PM IST

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has relied on Russian rockets to ferry astronauts to the space station. (Photo: NASA)

Lack of well fitting suits makes NASA scrap all-women spacewalk

The US space agency NASA scrapped on Monday a planned historic spacewalk by two women astronauts, citing a lack of...

26 March 2019 11:02 AM IST

The unmanned robotic lander dubbed Beresheet - Hebrew for the biblical phrase in the beginning - soared into space from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at about 8:45 p.m. EST (0145 GMT Friday) atop the 23-story-tall rocket. (Photo: AP)

Russian space rocket lifts off with October rocket failure astronauts

For Ovchinin and Hague, it is the first flight since an emergency landing two minutes after they blasted off in October.

15 March 2019 9:55 AM IST

Indias heaviest satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched by an Arianespace rocket from the French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. (Photo: Twitter | @isro)

Space station crew confident on eve of first launch since rocket...

Ovchinin said a small fault had been discovered in their Soyuz-FG launch vehicle on Tuesday, but had been fixed.

14 March 2019 9:40 AM IST